518 MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE GENUS PTILOPUS. [May 7, 



Pt. wallacei. Pt. aurantiifrons, PL zonurus, and PL perlatus), and 

 Yule Island, lying to the south-east of the mouth of Fly Biver, in 

 the Papuan Gulf, and close to the coast, with two (PL coronu- 

 latus and PL gestroi, the last intermediate between PL ornatus 

 and PL perlatus). The next group of the Austro-Malayan Islands 

 that claims our attention is the Moluccas ; and, commencing with the 

 furthest north, Sanghir is the first to be considered : here is found 

 a race of PL melanocephalus from Java, which has become pos- 

 sessed of sufficient characteristics to separate it from the type, and 

 is known as PL xanthorrhous. Gilolo and its small neighbours, 

 Ternate and Batchian, contain four species, found on each, viz. PL 

 iogaster, PL superbus, PL bernsteini, and PL monachus. Tidore, 

 on the west, has three — PL monachus, PL iogaster, and PL prasinor- 

 rhous ; Morty two, PL monachus and Pt. iogaster ; Obi one, Pt. 

 bernsteini ; Daramor and Kaisa, each one, Pt. monachus ; and Weda 

 and Dodingo also one, Pt. iogaster. Ceram contains three species — 

 Pt. chrysorrhous, Pt. superbus, and Pt. viridis, this last being also 

 found upon the small island of Monavolka, which, together with 

 Matabello, also possesses Pt. prasinorrhous. Banda, to the south 

 of Ceram, has Pt. xanthogaster, which is also found upon the 

 islands of Khoor and Ki, these last having in addition Pt. pra- 

 sinorrhous. Goram, lying to the east, has two species, the one 

 last named and Pt. viridis. Bouru has three species — Pt. super- 

 bus, Pt. viridis, and Pt. prasinorrhous ; while Amboyna has also 

 three species — Pt. superbus, Pt. viridis, and Pt. prasinorrhous ; and 

 Harouka, east of Amboyna, contains Pt. viridis. Of the Timor 

 group, I commence with Timor, which possesses two species, P. 

 ewingii and Pt. ductus, this last being also found upon the small 

 island of Wetta, to the north of Timor ; while Lettie, to the 

 north-east, possesses Pt. lettiensis (a modification of Pt. cinctus) 

 and Pt. xanthogaster. Flores has three species — Pt. ewingii, Pt. 

 albocinctus, and Pt. melanocephalus, this last being also found 

 in Sambawa and Lombock. Celebes has four species, three of 

 which are peculiar to it, viz. Pt. melatiospilus, Pt. temminckii, Pt. 

 gularis, and Pt. fischeri ; while Sula contains Pt. melanospilus and 

 Pt. chrysorrhous. Australia, the last division of this region, has six 

 species — Pt. regina and Pt. magnificus in New South Wales, in the 

 district between the river Hunter and Moreton Bay, Pt. superbus 

 at Cape York and on the Booby Islands, Pt. assimilis and Pt. mag- 

 nificus in North-east Queensland at Rockingham Bay, Pt. assimilis 

 being also found together with Pt. puella at Cape York, and PL 

 ewingii on the Coburg Peninsula near the coast — the distribution 

 of the three forms of Pt. magnificus being decidedly against the view 

 that they represent distinct species. 



The other zoogeographical region in which these birds are found 

 is the Oriental; and we here find them restricted to the subregion 

 containing the Indo-Malay islands. Of these I commence with the 

 Philippine group, in only one island of which as yet has any species 

 been found, viz. Luzon, containing three (Pt. occipitalis, Pt. jambn, 

 and Pt. leclancheri). The great island of Borneo, and also Sumatra, 





